"He was so unhappy about how he and Roth were — or weren’t — getting along. He couldn’t stand him. And drugs were rampant," Simmons told Rolling Stone. "Eddie said, 'I want to join KISS. I don’t want to fight anymore with Roth. I'm sick and tired of it. But I told him, 'Eddie, there’s not enough room. You need to be in a band where you can direct the music. You're not going to be happy in Kiss.' I talked him out of it. It didn't fit."

But Van Halen quickly denied Simmons' story.

"They might have just asked me in passing, and I just kind of laughed it off, probably," he said. "If it happened, I’m sure I would have remembered."